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contraception

Subject Category: H Health and Pathology
Definition: Use of devices, agents or procedures which prevent impregnation or conception.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10311.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10311
Used For: birth control; pregnancy prevention
Broader Term: therapeutics
Narrower Term: immunocontraception
Related Term: antifertility effect; castration; contraceptives; family planning; hysterectomy; ovariectomy; spaying
Spanish: anticoncepción
Term Number: 10311

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